The reality of celibate violations extends beyond priests who abuse minors and the bishops who hide them. Pope leo xiv has affirmed that priests must be celibate The diocese of spokane, washington, has removed a parish priest from ministry and allowed police to open an investigation into him following several accusations of sexual misconduct.
Catholic sexual abuse: Accused priests aren't on sex offender registry
Victims of sex abuse by members of the catholic clergy have expressed hope after meeting pope leo at the vatican for the first time.
The catholic diocese of spokane removed a priest from ministry and asked police to investigate after he was accused of misappropriation of funds and sexual misconduct involving six women
Sex and the (vatican) city A brief history of clerical celibacy amid an ongoing papal debate about whether to relax a rule against married men becoming priests, and with the church of england calling for christians in gay or straight civil unions to be abstinent, emma j wells considers the history of celibacy in the christian church
